A171477 - OEIS

A171477

a(n) = 6*a(n-1) - 8*a(n-2) + 1 for n > 1; a(0) = 1, a(1) = 7.

1, 7, 35, 155, 651, 2667, 10795, 43435, 174251, 698027, 2794155, 11180715, 44731051, 178940587, 715795115, 2863245995, 11453115051, 45812722347, 183251413675, 733006703275, 2932028910251, 11728119835307, 46912487729835

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OFFSET

0,2

COMMENTS

a(n) = A006095(n+2).

Second binomial transform of A168642.

Essentially partial sums of A006516.

LINKS

Vincenzo Librandi, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..500

Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (7, -14, 8).

FORMULA

a(n) = (8*4^n-6*2^n+1)/3.

G.f.: 1/((1-x)*(1-2*x)*(1-4*x)).

a(n) = A139250(2^(n+1) - 1). - Omar E. Pol, Dec 20 2012

PROG

(PARI) {m=23; v=concat([1, 7], vector(m-2)); for(n=3, m, v[n]=6*v[n-1]-8*v[n-2]+1); v}

(Magma) [(8*4^n-6*2^n+1)/3: n in [0..30]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Jul 18 2011

CROSSREFS

Cf. A006095 (Gaussian binomial coefficient [n, 2] for q=2), A168642 ((8*2^n+(-1)^n)/3, a(0)=1), A006516 (2^(n-1)*(2^n-1)), A171472, A171473.

Sequence in context: A005285 A371964 A006095 * A265612 A005003 A243382

Adjacent sequences: A171474 A171475 A171476 * A171478 A171479 A171480

KEYWORD

nonn,easy

AUTHOR

Klaus Brockhaus, Dec 09 2009

STATUS

approved